What is just ONE word you can use to compare items in similes?
A simile is a type of figurative language that compares two different things. It uses words such as "like" or "as" to make the comparison.
What are Similes?
Figurative Language: Language used in a non-literal or imaginative way. Comparison: The act of looking at the similarities between two or more things.
Concepts:
Which of the following similes do you like best?
- The floor was as slippery as an eel
- The child was as light as a feather
- The singer was as loud as thunder
Which is an example of a simile?
- The boy was as hungry as a horse
- It was raining cats and dogs outside.
- The boy baked banana bread
Which is an example of a simile?
- Caroline crept carefully forward.
- Her smile shines like the sun.
- The cat's out of the bag!
What other types of figurative language can you think of?